Minor Heatwave Fuels Blackout Concerns In South Australia
A minor heatwave in South Australia may put a little pressure on wholesale electricity prices and supply this week, but the AEMO’s message is to keep calm and carry on. The temperature in Adelaide reached 37 yesterday and the same is expected today, followed by 36 tomorrow and then dropping a couple of degrees on […]
Victoria’s Solar Feed-In Tariff Bonanza
Installing solar panels is about to become even more attractive in the Australian state of Victoria – and existing solar owners also have cause for celebration. Victoria’s Essential Services Commission (ESC) has set a minimum feed-in tariff rate of 11.3 cents per kilowatt hour for surplus electricity exported to the mains grid – more than […]
USA’s First Solar-Wind Hybrid Power Project
GE Renewable Energy has been chosen to supply the USA’s first commercial integrated solar-wind hybrid power generation system for a small community-based plant in rural Minnesota. GE has partnered with clean power company Juhl Energy to develop the 4.6 MW Red Lake Falls project. The facility will utilise two 2.3-116 wind turbines from GE Renewable […]
(Another) World’s Largest Lithium Ion Battery Installation
You’ll be hearing about “world’s largest” lithium-ion battery projects frequently during 2017 as more big energy storage facilities are completed during what’s expected to be a bumper year. The latest to claim the title is San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). Unveiled late last week, the 30 megawatt facility is capable of storing up to […]
The Mysterious Case Of The Missing Metallic Hydrogen
Just a few months after the first time it had been created in history, a metal with potential for energy storage and other electricity related applications has disappeared. In January, Harvard scientists reported they had succeeded in creating the rarest material on the planet, atomic metallic hydrogen. It’s so rare, it’s apparently never existed on […]
Pumped Hydro Storage Key To 100% Renewables In Australia
Pumped hydro storage could deliver Australia an electricity grid supplied by 100 percent renewable energy says a new Australian National University (ANU) study . The report comes as political leaders battle over the future of clean energy targets, power prices and the issue of wind and solar power in the nation’s electricity mix. “With Australia wrestling […]
Batteries That Beat Blackouts – Sonnen Protect Now In Australia
An innovative small add-on device for popular German-made sonnen battery systems that enables households to have backup power in blackouts is now available in Australia. One of the issues with most existing home battery systems is they can’t provide power during a blackout. Most houses with solar power systems + storage are in exactly the […]
Solar Cheap As Chips And Battery Boom In Australia
Australia is expected to reach 20GW+ of solar PV in the next two decades and uptake of battery storage is forecast to triple this year compared to last. According to the Climate Council’s just-published ‘State of Solar 2016’ report, the collective capacity of solar panels installed in Australia by 2037 will be equivalent to approximately […]
US Grid Could Handle 35GW Of Offshore Wind Power
A new study has shown that the U.S. energy grid, with just minor upgrades to transmission lines and without any added storage capacity, could handle over 35 GW of offshore wind power capacity – enough to supply about 10 million homes with clean electricity. That figure could double to 70 GW as wind forecasting technology […]
Solar Power In New York Jumps 795%
State-supported solar power projects in New York increased nearly 800 percent from December 2011 to December 2016 says the state’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo. 64,926 installations were in place by the end of last year, compared with 9,079 through the end of 2011. Collectively, the state-supported PV projects total nearly 744 megawatts of solar power capacity, […]